ArticleFood science & nutrition2022
Lycopene improves testicular damage and sperm quality in experimentally induced varicocele: Relationship with apoptosis, hypoxia, and hyperthermia.
Article in Food science & nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Dose-dependent protective effects of p-coumaric acid on testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury in a mouse model of testicular torsion.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
- Naringin attenuates testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury in a mouse torsion/detorsion model via intraperitoneal administration.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- N-acetylcysteine Improved Expression of FSHR, LHCGR, Catsper-1, Catsper-2, and SF-1 Genes in Testis of Rats with Varicocele.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Plant-based bioactives and oxidative stress in reproduction: anti-inflammatory and metabolic protection mechanisms.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Protective Effects of L-Cysteine Against Cisplatin-Induced Oxidative Stress-Mediated Reproductive Damage.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Lycopene: A Potent Antioxidant with Multiple Health Benefits.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2024Review
- Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: The Protective Role of Antioxidants.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Positive Effects of the Nutraceutical Association of Lycopene and Selenium in Experimental Varicocele.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Lycopene improves testicular damage and sperm quality in experimentally induced varicocele: Relationship with apoptosis, hypoxia, and hyperthermia.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
Varicocele is considered the main reason for male infertility. Antioxidants are common drugs used to reduce the complications of varicocele in these patients. So, we investigated the effects of lycopene on sperm quality, testicular histology, and the expression of some genes in experimentally induced varicocele. Fifty adult male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: control (
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